Rein-holder.



. PATENTED JULY 30, 1907.

' I. SKINNER.

RBIN HOLDER.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 1a, 1906. pmwnwm: MAY 18, 1907.

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UNITED STATES.

IRVING SKINNER, OF PINE BUSH, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-IIALF TO A. F.MCEWEN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

REIN-HoLnEn.

Patented July 30, 1907.

Application filed April 18, 1906, Serial No. 312,462. Renewed May 18.1907. Serial No. 374,351.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, IRVING SKINNER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pine Bush, in the county of Orange, State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Rein-Holders; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same. i

This invention has relation to means for attachment to the dasher of acarriage or other light vehicle for temporarily holding the drivingreins of harness in case of the stoppage of the team for any purpose.

It is usually the case when a team is stopped temporarily to Wind thedrivingreins about the whip holder to throw them loosely over the dasheror to dispose of them in some other Way that is either not safe, or sothat they cannot be readily caught up in proper position in case ofdanger or necessity, or to so entangle them with the whip-socket orother means connected with or forming a part of the dasher, as that theycannot be gotten hold of at all in order to make them useful incontrolling the horse or horses.

It is the object of my invention to provide a reinholder that may beadjustableto a position that will allow of the reins being temporarilysecured in place, so that they will be held from being switched out bythe tail of the horse and fall down under, his feet; and yet kept andheld in place and position so that they can be quickly caught hold of intheir proper order and drawn out of the holder by a simple pull thereon.

The nature of the invention consists of adjustable vertical armsextending up from the outer end of a clamp by which the device issecured to the edge of 35 the dash by means of a thumb-screw or similarmeans.

The arms constituting the rein-holder may not only be adjusted from avertical to an inclined position, but are provided with means foradjusting them with respect to each other. Furthermore, said arms aregiven a peculiar form which fits them in the highest degree inperforming their functions.

The invention will first be described in connection with the annexeddrawings, forming a part of this specification, and then pointed out inthe claim.

Of the said drawings, Figure 1 is a rear elevation of the inventionshowing it attached to the edge of the dashboard as it will be when inuse. Fig. 2 is a top or plan view of the invention. 3 is a sectionalview taken on a line running through the dash-clamp and joint of thedevice.

Similar figures of reference designate similar parts or features, as thecase may be, wherever they occur.

In the construction of the invention I form a clamp 5 from a suitablepiece of sheet metal, doubling a strip of proper width and length uponitself, or nearly so, giving rounded bends to the free ends 6 so thatthey may it nicely around the covered frame at the side of the dash 7,to which they will be secured by a clamping screw 8 passing through thetwo lateral arms 9 to draw them together in a well-known way. At thebend 10 of the piece forming the clamp 5 the form of a rounded socket isgiven thereto, in which the rounded bend 11 of the upright part or clamp12 of the device is constructed to fit, and to be clamped by a clampingscrew 13.

The two vertical arms 14 of the part 12 constitute the rein-holderproper, and in form are offset outward in opposite directions at theirlower part, and are given a rounded bend inwardly at their .upper ends.This form or any other particular shape, for that matter, is notessential to the improvement, but is shown merely as one that isdesirable. Above the rounded bend ll of the part 12 there is aclamp-screw 15 passed through the rein-holding arms in a way that it maybe operated to clamp the said arms together and release them, ifdesired.

In operation, the part 5 will be clamped on the edge socketed bend 10will extend out laterally and have the lower rounded end 11 of therein-holding arms set and clamped in the said socket 10 at such angle asmay be considered most desirable. The rein-holding arms, between whichit is proposed that the lines shall be justed as may be thought mostdesirable. In this position the invention will be completed for use. Thereins may be simply slipped in and out between the upright arms of thepart 12 from above, when once said arms are adjusted; or, in some cases,they may be clamped or pinched between the arms by the clampscrew 15after they may have been slipped between the arms.

As a whole, the invention is not only simple in construction, but it isadapted to be arranged where it will be most handy in use and it iscapable of operation in the most eflicient and satisfactory manner.

What is claimed as the invention is l 1. A rein-holder for vehiclescomprising a clamping part adapted to besecured at one end to the sideof the dash and provided with a socket extending laterally from the edgeof the dash, reinholding arms having a rounded bend at their lower endadapted to be adjusted and clamped in the socket of the first-mentionedpart and provided with means for clamping the said arms closely togetheror releasing them.

of the dash at the most convenient point so that the I held when not inthe hands of the driver, will be ad- 2. A rein-holder for vehiclesconsisting of .a clamp adapted to be secured to the edge of the dash,combined with arms for holding the reins between them adaptedto beadjustably secured at their lower ends to the clamp 7 tending and thencurved inwardly toward each other at their upper ends, the saidrein-holding arms being adjustably secured at their lower ends to theouter end of the clamp and exvertically therefrom the said armsthemselves being adapted to be adjusted toward and from each other. Intestimony whereof, I afiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

IRVING SKINNER.

Witnesses: I

WM. T. WALLACE, J12, E. L. BILLINGS.

